Manifolding attachment for type-writing machines.



A. c. v. MALM. MANIFOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. 1,144,146.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-Z3, I914.

Patented June 22, 1915.

A. C. V. MALM.

MANIFOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED NOV.23, I914.

1,144,146. Patentd June 22, 1915 I 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- (Ixel G. VMa Lm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AXEL C V. MALE, O}? DAYTON, 08TH), ASSIGNOR TO THE EGLRY REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, GRID, A CORPORA'IIQN OF OHIO MAEIIFOLDINU ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-'WRITXNG MACHINES.

Application fill-A her 1914,

To (1153 Win11? it may cmwem Be it known that I, Axin, G, V MALM, a cit zen oi the United States, residing at Dayton, in the vounty of Montgomery and State of (duo have inwntcd certain new and useful improvements in Manifolding xiu-lnnent or Type Writing Machines, of i ,h tiw following if :i spooi motion, YQQF- enco lining had therein to the moompanying drawing.

This invention rnluteo to nmniiohling nttuclinngnts for typowriting inziohines and is in the nature of an improvemi nt upon the attachnionl slnjmn and do z-rribod in lzitont llo. idtlllfif l granted lo Mnlim llnu'n and Allfii llzluroh 9th, 391 and the application for patent filed by "Mulni and liiiuh October 24in, 914, on: no unsure. Illaniiolding atmoini-znto of thr typo ohm 'n in thcso applications comprise a supplsnmnlul ribbonsnpporting frnn" mountod on the paper ourriage of it typnwriting machine, and at travelin paper support, adapted to nupport ii plul'aity of rolls of paper, mounted in tho rear of tho machine to more along with and substantial y parallel with the paper our riage. The paper support conmctod with the paper earrings in such fi ffifli'illbl. as to cause it to more substantially in unison therewith. The paper support mounted for very free movement so that it will impose little or no load upon the paper carriage and, consequently, thorn s a. tendency for the papor support to rebound, and sometimes to cause the paper carria r to be moved rearwardly, when the forum movoniont of the paper suppoit is suddenly stopp-ied, as {when the marriage is released and allowed to move. to the full end of a line All one mom, went or w'uvn the tabulatiny utti-rlimcnl is bring: used.

Th s obji t of the prise-ill iii-.vnntion is to provide in us to pr -Wvnt the rolmunding of the pape support under all Cundilions oi" Work and. pruwidu H'Hili nun'znr; Wllilffil will not lntnr w, with the norn'ii l l. .ition of the mart. (Earrings. To this; and ii. is: fmtlnir of tho inwutilui to provide manna manually reins-s ng the pf'l 'jil." sci tlz sari-logo rriurn lover in in; .l

' --*'l'ior to provide this means :ttr thin; the cari'iiign may ho. returned ndently of tho carriage return low-r. in on; accompanying drawings, Figure 3.

i no and tho rvlurn of th paper obi airt Patonted June 22, 1915.

Serial No. 873.480

is a plan view of :i typewriting machine with the complctv attachment applied thereto; Fig 2 is a said: elevation of the same, partly broken away; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the (intent and n portion of the rack.

In them drawings l have illustrated one on'ihod nivnt of my invention and have FlIOVJXl tho sumo in connvction with a manifolding flttuCllIllLlil. SlH'll no is shown and (ll r, zibed in th ubo\vnnvntionod applications. This ultuvhmont comprivs ll special ribbon supporting frzimo l. mounted upon tho pupa-r c-(irrizigc E2 of tho trponriting innobino 3 and supporting a supph-iuentul ribhon i which is so a ranged as to bo curried across the printing point in a plurality of plics. Iluturn lllflYllllllll is impurlvd to the paper Jill'lflllgZ t in tho uwml nmnm-i' which, in tho particular typuwritvr bore shown, oompri cs n turriago return or line spacing lover 5. This lever is journnlod on the currizige i2, cinu'iomtod by :1 link (i with 11 pawl 7 adapted to vngiugiii u ratchet wlivol 8 rigidly Secured. to tho plzatvn shaft 9, wlu'rvby the morcnwnt of the h-vor 33 will food the paper forward one spun: and the continued prossure on the lever will return the vurriugo to its initial position, tlu carriage having been released from its holding dork-vs by Ill((lllluisin not here shown, but of the usual kind. In the purlu-ular construction hero shown the pawl 7 is mounted on u stud 1O wbiI-h is carried by tho outur rnd of an arm 11 journak'd on tluplaten shall 9. Arranged in the rear of the typewriting machine is a base '1) having mounted thoroon truck 13 which Barrie-Pi it supporting, frame ll for the paper Supply, which, in the present instance,

The paper from is in tho lull'il of rolls 15. them rolls is carried forward in suporpoucd :ii'rnngmnmit and inlorlozirl-d bolucvn tho plies of tlu- --11ipplonivuhil ribbon 4. The pnpor supporting l'runio is vonnoctcd with tho pupcr warring i ol the Ly iowriting mncliino by uu-uns ol nu urni ll' which serves to miuu' the pupor support to be advanced nlonn vil i tlu pupri uurriugo. The muchuuirin 1-40 for drscribvd shown, described and Pluini d in tho two applications for pub out; illifll'l llltllliilltll and dons not form it part oi tho piwuut invention (XCOPlZ so for an it ontvrr': into combination with the mechuu j lwri-izu'il'iini' to bo dosm'ibod.

T piovonl the rebounding of the paper su 'iport when its forward movement is suddenly checked I have provided a stop which is arranged adjacent tothe track 13 and have mounted on the paper support a detent which cooperates with the stop to prevent the return movement of the paper support. If the device is intended to operate to prevent the rebound of the paper support at the end of the track only, a single stop will answer but in the present instance the device is designed for use with a tabulating device or other device in which the movement of the paper support may be checked at any point between the two extremes of its movement and I have, therefore, provided a stop in the form of a rack or toothed bar 17 which is arranged parallel with the track 13 and, in the present instance, is in the form of a separate bar rigidly supported adjacent to one of the track members. It will be obvious, however, that the rack may be formed in any suitable manner.

Cooperating with the rack is a detent or pawl 18 pivotally mounted on an axis extending transversely to the line of movement of the paper support and adapted to travel over the teeth of the rack 17. Preferably, the teeth and the nose of the pawl are inclined sharply in the direction of travel of the carriage so that the pawl will ride lightly over the teeth and the device will offer no appreciable resistance to the forward movement of the carriage. It will be apparent that this device will act to prevent return movement or rebounding of the paper support at any point along the length of the track. Inasmuch as the teeth are short the detent will always be close to the vertical face of one of the teeth and, consequently, no appreciable movement will be imparted to the paper support to cause the detent to cn gage its tooth. The detent is operable to enable the paper support to he released so that it may be caused to return to its initial position along with the paper carriage. To this end an actuating device is connected with the detent and is arranged close to the front of the machine where it can be readily actuated by the operator. Further it is preferable that this actuhting device he normally connected with that part of the paper carriage by means of which its return move ment is controlled so that the detent will be automatically operated to release the paper carriage when this controlling device is operated to return the paper carriage to its initial position. As here shown the det-ent or pawl 18 is mounted on a shaft 19 journaled in hearings 20 mounted on. the lower portion of the paper support and extending transversely to its line of travel. A spring 21 is coiled about the shaft to hold the detent normally in engagement with the rack. Rigidly secured to the shaft 19 is a finger 22 arranged to be engaged by a second finger 23 which is mounted on an axis extendin parallel with the line of travel of the paper support and is so arranged that when it engages the finger it will rock the shaft 1.9 in a direction to lift the pawl out of engagement with the rack and thereby release the paper support. The finger 23 is here shown as mounted on a shaft 24 extending lengthwise of the paper support and journaled at its ends in bearings arranged near the shut t 19 and the rear end of the paper supporting frame, respectively. To this shaft 24 is so cured an arm 25, the free end of which is connected by a link or connecting rod 26 with a second arm 27 secured to a hollow shaft 28 journaled on a bearing stud 29 carried by the upper portion of the rear frame member of the paper support. A third arm 30 is secured to the shaft and has pivotally connected thereto a rod 31 which extends forwardly to a point near the front of the typewriter where it may be actuated to impart rocking movement to the shaft 2 and thereby cause the detent to be moved into its inoperative position, Preferably means are provided for connecting the rod l 31 "w th the carriage return lever T 0 this end the forward part of the rod 31 is pro vided with a slot 32 adapted to extend about the stud 10 on which is mounted the line spacing pawl 7 and to which stud movement is imparted upon each movement of the carriage return and line spacing lever Consequently, each movement of this lever is imparted to the rod 21 and through the conm- -ting devices to the pawl 18. lit is sometimes dcsirali le, however, to adiust the paper c:,1rriag imleyurmleutly' of the carriage return lover and l have therefore provided the forward end of the rod 31 with a finger piece 33 so arranged that it can be readily engaged by the thumb or finger of the typist to lift the rod 31 out of engage-- ment with the stud l0 and to impart operative movement to the rod, which movement will actuate the detent to release the paper suppornthercby permitting the adjustment of the carriage. It will be further noted that the rod 31 is of a light and more or less resilient character and that its connections are such that it "will spring or bend slightly to permit the paper carriage to be moved relatively to the paper support, this movement of the rarriage being permitted by the resilient character of the driving connection 16 between the paper carriage and the paper support. Thus, the carriage can be spaced hack one or two spaces, by the use o the back spacing lover or otherwise, without releasing the paper support, thus avoiding the necessity of actuating the detent whenever the buck-spacing lever is operated.

The operation of the device will be readily Understood from the foregoing description and it will be apparent that I have provided a very simple device for preventing the rebounding of the paper support; which can be readily actuated either by hand or automatically to release the paper support when the paper carriage is to be returned but which will effectively prevent all return movement of the paper support except when the detent is positively actuated.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of the invention it will be understood that this has been chosen for the purose of illustration only, and that I do not esire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a traveling paper support, and a connection between said paper canriage and said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the lat ter, of means to prevent the return move ment of iaid paper support, and a device connected with said means and with said paper :arriage to release said paper sup port and to impart return movement to said paper support and to said paper carriage.

2. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a traveling paper support, and a connection between said paper carriage and paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter, of a device to prevent the return move ment oi said paper support, and means arranged adjacent to said. carriage to manipulate said device to release said paper support.

3. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a traveling paper support, and a connection between aid paper carriage and said paper support to cause movmnent to be imparted to the latter, ol :1 device to prevent the return mo ement of said paper support, and means to :mtoniai:

willy actuate said device to permit said paper support to return with sa d can riage.

l. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a traveling rapt-r support, and a connection between said paper carriage and said paper support to cause the movement to be imparted to the latter, of a fixed stop, a detent carried by said paper support to engage said stop and prevent the return movement of said paper support, and an actuating device connected with said detent and extending to a point near the front of said typewriting machine. 5. The conibiruition, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a track, a paper sup 'iort mounted to move along said track, and a connection between said paper support and said aper carriage to impart movement to the ormcr, of a toothed rack extending lengthwise of said track, a pawl pivot-ally mounted on said paper support, a rod having one end supported by said paper support and operatively connected with said pawl and having its other end supported by said paper carriage.

t). The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage. a lever connected with said carriage, a traveling paper support, and a connection between said paper carriage and said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter, of a device to prevent the return movement of said paper support, and means controlled by said lever to actuate said device to release said paper support.

7, The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a lever connected with said carriage, a traveling paper support, and a connection between said paper carriage and said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter, of a toothed rack extending substantially parallel with the line of movement of said paper support, a detent carried by said paper support and cooperating with said rack to preventthe return movement of said paper support and operatively connected with said pawl and having its other end connected with said lever.

8. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a pa per carriage, a carriage return lever for said paper carriage, a traveling paper support, and a connection between said paper carriage and said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter. of a device to prevent the return movement of said paper support, and a connection between said device and said carriage return lever to actuate the former to release said paper support.

9. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a carriage return lever for said paper carriage, a traveling paper support, and a connection be tween said paper carriage and said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter, of a device to prevent the return movement of said paper support comprising, a movable detent, a rod operatively connected with said-sdctent and with said carriage return lever, whereb the movement of the latter will actuate said detent to release said paper support.

10. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a carriage return lever for said paper carriage, a travcling paper support, and a connection between said paper carriage and said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter, of a device to prevent return movement of said paper support comprising a movable detent, a rod operatively connected with said detent and detachably connected with said carriage return lever, whereby said rod may be actuated either by said lever or independently thereof to actuate said detent and release said paper support.

11. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a carriage return lever for said paper carriage, a travcling paper support, and a connectionbetween said paper carriage and said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter, of a device to prevent the return movement of said paper support comprising a movable detent, a rod operatively connected with said detent and detachably connected with said carriage return lever, said rod having a finger piece to enable it to be detached from said lever and actuated independently thereof.

12. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a carriage return lever for said paper carriage, a traveling paper support, and a connection between said paper carriage and said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter, of a device to prevent the return movement of said paper support, an operable connection between said device and said carriage return lever to actuate said device to release said paper support, said connection being a yieldable one to permit of the limited movement of said paper support relatively to said carriage.

13. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a lever carried by said paper carriage, a traveling paper support, and an operative connection between said paper carriage and'said paper support to cause movement to be imparted to the latter, of a device to prevent the return movement of said paper support, an actuating rod supported at one end by said paper support and operatively connected with said device, and connected at its other end with the lever onsaid carriage, said connecting rod being yieldable to permit said paper sup port to have alimited movement relatively to said carriage.

14. The combination, with a typewriting machine having a paper carriage, a platen mounted on said paper carriage, and a lever mounted on said paper carriage and operatively connected wtih said platen, said connection comprising a stud, a traveling paper support, and a connection'between said paper In testimony whereof, I aflix my sigma ture in presence of two witnesses.

AXEL C. V. MALM.

Witnesses:

WALTER STER, A. V. SWEETMAN. 

